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Epidemiology of Epilepsy in Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo
BACKGROUND: Epilepsy is one of the most common neurological conditions, but the majority of epilepsy patients in sub-Saharan countries do not receive appropriate treatment. In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), particularly in Lubumbashi, very few epidemiological studies on epilepsy have emerge...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7204195/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32411462 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/5621461 |
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author | Mukuku, Olivier Nawej, Pascal Bugeme, Marcellin Nduu, Frank Mawaw, Paul Makan Luboya, Oscar Numbi |
author_facet | Mukuku, Olivier Nawej, Pascal Bugeme, Marcellin Nduu, Frank Mawaw, Paul Makan Luboya, Oscar Numbi |
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description | BACKGROUND: Epilepsy is one of the most common neurological conditions, but the majority of epilepsy patients in sub-Saharan countries do not receive appropriate treatment. In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), particularly in Lubumbashi, very few epidemiological studies on epilepsy have emerged. This study aims to analyze demographic characteristics, semiology of epileptic seizures, and their etiologies in patients followed in hospital. METHODS: This is a prospective descriptive study that enrolled 177 epileptic patients who performed a neurological consultation at the Centre Médical du Centre Ville (CMDC) in Lubumbashi (DRC) from January 1, 2016, to December 31, 2017. RESULTS: The mean age of the patients was 20.0 years (range: 5 months and 86 years). The male sex was predominant (57.1%). The mean age at the seizure onset was 13.1 years, and the mean duration between onset of seizures and consultation was 83.5 months. The family history of epilepsy was present in 27.7%. Generalized tonic-clonic seizures were the most frequent (58.2%), followed by atonic generalized seizures (9.6%) and focal clonic seizures (8.5%). The etiology was found in 68 (38.4%) patients and was dominated by neurocysticercosis (26.5%), meningitis (25%), perinatal pathologies (20.6%), and head injury (20.6%). CONCLUSION: This study is a useful starting point from which health programs and health professionals can work to improve the diagnosis and quality of epilepsy management in our community. |
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spelling | pubmed-72041952020-05-14 Epidemiology of Epilepsy in Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo Mukuku, Olivier Nawej, Pascal Bugeme, Marcellin Nduu, Frank Mawaw, Paul Makan Luboya, Oscar Numbi Neurol Res Int Research Article BACKGROUND: Epilepsy is one of the most common neurological conditions, but the majority of epilepsy patients in sub-Saharan countries do not receive appropriate treatment. In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), particularly in Lubumbashi, very few epidemiological studies on epilepsy have emerged. This study aims to analyze demographic characteristics, semiology of epileptic seizures, and their etiologies in patients followed in hospital. METHODS: This is a prospective descriptive study that enrolled 177 epileptic patients who performed a neurological consultation at the Centre Médical du Centre Ville (CMDC) in Lubumbashi (DRC) from January 1, 2016, to December 31, 2017. RESULTS: The mean age of the patients was 20.0 years (range: 5 months and 86 years). The male sex was predominant (57.1%). The mean age at the seizure onset was 13.1 years, and the mean duration between onset of seizures and consultation was 83.5 months. The family history of epilepsy was present in 27.7%. Generalized tonic-clonic seizures were the most frequent (58.2%), followed by atonic generalized seizures (9.6%) and focal clonic seizures (8.5%). The etiology was found in 68 (38.4%) patients and was dominated by neurocysticercosis (26.5%), meningitis (25%), perinatal pathologies (20.6%), and head injury (20.6%). CONCLUSION: This study is a useful starting point from which health programs and health professionals can work to improve the diagnosis and quality of epilepsy management in our community. Hindawi 2020-01-29 /pmc/articles/PMC7204195/ /pubmed/32411462 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/5621461 Text en Copyright © 2020 Olivier Mukuku et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Mukuku, Olivier Nawej, Pascal Bugeme, Marcellin Nduu, Frank Mawaw, Paul Makan Luboya, Oscar Numbi Epidemiology of Epilepsy in Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo |
title | Epidemiology of Epilepsy in Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo |
title_full | Epidemiology of Epilepsy in Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo |
title_fullStr | Epidemiology of Epilepsy in Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo |
title_full_unstemmed | Epidemiology of Epilepsy in Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo |
title_short | Epidemiology of Epilepsy in Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo |
title_sort | epidemiology of epilepsy in lubumbashi, democratic republic of congo |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7204195/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32411462 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/5621461 |
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